Will AI Replace First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand?

Maintain a safe working environment by monitoring safety procedures and equipment.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Collaborate with workers and managers to solve work-related problems.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Review work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Inform designated employees or departments of items loaded or problems encountered.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Inspect equipment for wear and for conformance to specifications.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Prepare and maintain work records and reports of information such as employee time and wages, daily receipts, or inspection results.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Transmit and explain work orders to laborers.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Participate in the hiring process by reviewing credentials, conducting interviews, or making hiring decisions or recommendations.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Estimate material, time, and staffing requirements for a given project, based on work orders, job specifications, and experience.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Counsel employees in work-related activities, personal growth, or career development.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Assess training needs of staff and arrange for or provide appropriate instruction.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Conduct staff meetings to relay general information or to address specific topics, such as safety.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Check specifications of materials loaded or unloaded against information contained in work orders.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Perform the same work duties as those supervised, or perform more difficult or skilled tasks or assist in their performance.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Resolve personnel problems, complaints, or formal grievances when possible, or refer them to higher-level supervisors for resolution.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, or disciplinary measures.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Evaluate employee performance and prepare performance appraisals.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Examine freight to determine loading sequences.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Schedule times of shipment and modes of transportation for materials.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Inventory supplies and requisition or purchase additional items, as necessary.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Quote prices to customers.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Provide assistance in balancing books, tracking, monitoring, or projecting a unit's budget needs, and in developing unit policies and procedures.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Inspect job sites to determine the extent of maintenance or repairs needed.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.